Leicester defender Jonny Evans does not know what the future holds following their relegation to the Championship.
The Foxes became just the second former Premier League champions to be relegated when their 2-1 win against West Ham was deemed meaningless by Everton’s victory against Bournemouth.
A large number of players, including Evans and Youri Tielemans, are out of contract while the likes of James Maddison and Harvey Barnes look set to be sold to help balance the books.
Evans revealed the squad had said their goodbyes in the dressing room ahead of a likely summer exodus.
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Evans, 35, said: “It is a tough thing to take.
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Sassuolo forward Giacomo Raspadori is in line for an Italy debut after Roberto Mancini named him in an initial 33-man squad ahead of Euro 2020.
On the day Mancini extended his contract until after the 2026 World Cup, the Azzurri head coach confirmed a first group to face San Marino in a May 28 friendly.
Italy have to trim that selection to 26 men for the rescheduled European Championship finals, with a second warm-up fixture following against the Czech Republic on June 4.
Raspadori will hope he can impress Mancini in order to play a part having come to the fore for Sassuolo since the March international break.
The 21-year-old had a goal and an assist across just 110 minutes in the European Under-21 Championship group stage during that period, having only …
Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic have confirmed the signing of Swedish defender Daniel Majstorovic from Greek outfit AEK Athens. The 32 year old has signed a two year contract with the Hoops and becomes their eighth signing of the summer.
Majstorovic began his career in his native Sweden with Brommapojkarna and had a stint with German outfit Fortuna Koln before returning to Sweden. After spells with Vasteras and Malmo FF, he moved to the Netherlands by signing with Dutch outfit FC Twente.
Majstorovic joined AEK Athens from Basel in 2008. He expressed his delight at moving to Scotland and also thanked AEK for wonderful memories during his two year stay in Greece.
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Spain may have claimed the World Cup this summer, dumping out neighbouring Portugal along the way but the boot was on the other foot Tuesday as Braga denied Sevilla a place in the lucrative Champions League group phase.
Werder Bremen also qualified by the skin of their teeth, ousting Italy s Sampdoria in extra-time after coming back from three goals down, the 3-2 final scoreline enough to give the Germans a 5-4 win as ex-Chelsea man Claudio Pizarro struck crucially to make the difference.
Braga won their home leg by the only goal a week ago but they swiftly built on their advantage with Brazilian Matheus putting them ahead on the half hour before Rodrigo Lima hit a second-half hattrick to send the Portuguese into the pool stage for the first time.
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Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu insists that the club are not looking to sell Alexis Sanchez.
Alexis joined Barca from Serie A outfit Udinese in 2011, and has scored 38 league goals in 88 appearances for the Catalan giants.
The 2013-14 campaign was his most productive, with 19 La Liga goals, and on Tuesday Bartomeu moved to dismiss speculation linking the Chile international with a move away from Camp Nou, with Juventus reportedly interested in bringing the forward back to Italy.
He’s not for sale, he told El Mercurio. He has a contract with us and is an important part of the squad.
I know nothing about interest from Juventus. No one has made an official offer.
Sanchez has had a great season and, of course, will be a part of Barcelona next season…
Kylian Mbappe believes Paris Saint-Germain s failures last season have voided his chances of winning the Ballon d Or.
The France star scored 39 club goals in all competitions, but the Ligue 1 champions mounted a largely underwhelming first campaign under head coach Thomas Tuchel.
PSG dramatically crashed out of the Champions League in the last 16 and failed to defend their Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue crowns.
Mbappe finished fourth in the Ballon d Or voting in 2018 but does not expect to rival the likes of Barcelona captain Lionel Messi and Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk this time around.
This year? You have to be realistic, I do not deserve it, Mbappe told Ouest-France.
There are players who have done more. With PSG, we did not win…
Pep Guardiola has demanded further improvements from Manchester City if they are to challenge for Premier League and Champions League honours.
City moved back to the top of the Premier League on Monday with a 1-0 victory over Tottenham at Wembley, Riyad Mahrez s goal the difference as Guardiola s side made it 10 games unbeaten in 2018-19.
Liverpool and Chelsea are also yet to taste defeat this season, with the latter only trailing their two rivals by two points.
In Europe, City put in one of their most dominant displays in last week s 3-0 win at Shakhtar Donetesk, but despite their impressive start Guardiola still believes they can be better.
We have a lot of things to improve, individually [and] collectively to be a real contender, he told reporters.
Arsene Wenger admitted Arsenal are interested in signing Leicester City s wantaway star Riyad Mahrez.
Mahrez, 26, has announced his intention to leave 2015-16 Premier League champions Leicester, alerting Wenger and Arsenal.
Algeria international Mahrez was named the PFA Player of the Year and scored 17 league goals as Leicester shocked the world by winning the title, while he netted six times and assisted three goals in 2016-17.
While Arsenal have not made a bid for Mahrez – who wants to play regular Champions League football – one could be forthcoming.
We have not made a bid, but personally, I like the player, yes. I think he made a huge impact when they won the championship, Wenger told beIN Sports.
Like everybody else at Leicester, this…
Germany rounded off their preparations for Euro 2020 in style as they routed Latvia 7-1 in Dusseldorf.
Having been held to a 1-1 draw by Denmark last week, Germany were unsurprisingly much more impressive against significantly inferior opposition.
Two superb finishes in the space of two minutes from Robin Gosens and Ilkay Gundogan put the hosts in command before Thomas Muller made it 3-0 inside half an hour.
Goalkeeper Roberts Ozols was credited with an own goal to make it 4-0 after good work from the influential Kai Havertz, and his Chelsea team-mate Timo Werner followed Serge Gnabry in getting in on the act, with Leroy Sane having the final say after Aleksejs Saveljevs consolation.
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Newcastle United have confirmed a fan was stabilised and taken to hospital after a medical emergency temporarily halted play in Sunday s Premier League match with Tottenham at St James Park.
Players were alerted to an incident in the ground s East Stand shortly before the 40th minute, with Spurs Sergio Reguilon quickly alerting referee Andre Marriner.
Eric Dier and Oliver Skipp went over to the dugout to request medical assistance and a team doctor with a defibrillator ran across the playing surface, with Marriner pausing play and instructing the players to leave the pitch.
Marriner was then seen discussing the situation with a steward and a police officer before the players headed into the changing rooms as the fan continued to receive treatment before later bei…